Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote:

> Max Mahlke wrote:
>
> > in runtime/doc/digraph.txt, the greek letter lambda is spelt LAMDA. I
> > was looking for it under the accepted spelling LAMBDA, though I am aware
> > that some people prefer the LAMDA spelling. I see that the vim source
> > makes frequent use of both spellings.
>
> The unicode consortium uses LAMDA.  It does mention "lambda" below
> "GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA".  I have no clue where the difference comes
> from.

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda gives an explanation:

> Lambda (/ˈlæmdə/;[1] uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; Greek: λάμ(β)δα, lám(b)da)
> ...snip...
> Unicode uses the (Modern Greek-based) spelling "lamda" in
> character names, instead of "lambda", due to "the pre-existing
> names in ISO 8859-7, as well as preferences expressed by
> the Greek National Body".

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